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Number of Players: 2 Cards Used: 45 cards. The 3 December dregs cards are not used. Game Length: 5 rounds (at most) Goal: To empty your hand of all cards Hiyoko does not use the standard ordering of the cards. Instead the following order is used (those months written in yellow are those that have been changed):
The dealer deals 6 cards to both players, 3 at a time. The top card of the deck is turned over and placed in the middle of the table. This card is called the base card (‘äŽD). The goal of the players is to empty their hands. This is done by playing cards in sequential order starting off of the base card. If, for example, the base card is a May card, then the player has to June card. The order loops, so December is followed by January. In one turn a player plays as many cards in order as they can, but can only play one card from each month at a time. Once a player is no longer able to play any cards he says 'pass', his turn ends, and his opponent continues the sequence from where he left off. Plays continues back and forth in this manner until both players pass. Once that happens the cards played thus far are pushed to the side of the field and the second player to pass turns over the top card of the deck which beomes a new base card. The first player to pass then begins the new round. The first player to empty his hand wins the round. The first player to win 3 rounds wins the game. Here is an example beginning for a game of Hiyoko:   Special Rules: 1. If the base card is a January card and the player has both a January card and a February card in his hand, he may play both. This special rule only applies to January and February. 2. There are multiple wild cards in Hiyoko, with various restrictions on what cards they can act as and when they can act as wild cards. The following chart shows the wild cards in Hiyoko:
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